Here we are!

For 44 years I have been registered as a recorder maker at the chamber of trades in Avignon. I am now 66 years old. More than 1200 recorders of all sizes (from the soprano to the Renaissance consort great bass in F) have left my workshop thanks to the unwavering trust of many of you.

With an annual production limited to 30 instruments and a well-filled order book, you have seen me very little at the fairs as an exhibitor. All these years of a craft that I love have passed like a dream....

In recent years, the rumour of my retirement has troubled many of you regarding the future of my workshop ; I owe you an “update” on the subject.

Yes, since September I have started a «semi retirement» but I will continue to maintain and repair the recorders from my workshop and to produce about ten new instruments per year.

I like to make the Renaissance consorts and would like to continue to make one a year, or to complete those that I have made over the years (by a bass in C or bassette in G for example). If I have an annual consort order, this drastically limits the number of solo recorders that I will be able to make annually (4 or 5!)
My current waiting list allows me to take some orders starting in fall 2025.

Additionally, I am reducing the range of my models available
(see catalog and price list).

Looking forward to continue working for you while also to pursuing other of my passions.

Yours sincerely,

Bruno Reinhard